Brooch.



U N. BRUZAUD.

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UNITE sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

CARLOS N. BRUZAUD, OF P'l-ZEKSRILL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-THIRD TO ROSA KORNHAL'SER, or PE hi Kb KILL, NEW YOlt K.

BROOCH.

No. 902,274. Specification of Application filed J'un 13,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ()AnLos N. Bncznurya l citizen of the United States, residing at TGtlislilll, in the coun y of \Yestcht-isterand State ol .ew York, have ii'n'ent'ed new and useful in:prorements in Brooches, of which the following; is a spet'ril'ication.

This n'rrei'ition relates to a conrliined brooch and. nmnicure article or the like, and has for its pl'll'lClpdl object to provide in a piece ot jewelry, a useful article that may be employed as a, paper cutter or n'ranieuring instrument,

A 'l'urthor ohjeet of the invention the ro isiou of a hroorh in the lorm of a sword r she-at h, the lr-lade of the sword s(31.'l1lf as a paper cutter and a nail tile and knife, means being employed for locking the sword in place.

lrith these objects in .lt'W and others, as

will appear as the description proceeds, the

invention comprises the various novel features of cmistruction and arrangement of parts which will he more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illus trates one of the embodiments of the invention, Figure l is a front View of the combination brooch. Fig. 2 is a view showinp the sword removed from the'scahhard or sheath and the latter in section. Fig. 3 is J. to iew of the brooch. Fig. 4. is a section on the line 1- 1, Fi 3.

Referring to the drawing, A designates thev sword, and B, the sheath or scahhard. there for and hoth forming together the hroooh. The Front side of the sheath and heel ol" the sword. are suitably ornamented so as to pro srnt an attractive piece of jewelry, and on the hack of the sheath is a pint hinged at 2 and adapted to engage in a keeper 3, whereby the brooch can he attached to the garments ot' the wearer. The lilade l of the sword has its edge 5 sharpened throughout the outer hall' thereof and tho remaining part is 'rougle ened. at (3 to form a nail tile, the sharp edge serving as a paper cutter or a nail trimmer.

In order to hold the-sv.o1-'d in the sheath, the heel 7 ol' the blade is provided with a Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

1907. Serial No. 378,735.

, transverse opening 8 extending inwardly from the back edge of the blade and the scabhard has an opening 9 adapted to register t with the opening 8, and extending througl'i r the opening is a pin 10 that snugly fits the l latter so as to he h-ietionally held in place, l, therehy locking the sword in the soahhard. The o"ter end or head. 11 is suitably shaped and ornamented and the bot-tom or opposite side of the scahhard has an ornamented prol jeetion 12 to correspond with the head of the I pin so as to make the arrangement symmetrical. p

The hrooch is worn wil h the sword locked in position as shown in Fig. .l and wlmnever it is desired to talte out the sword for cutting" open an envelop or the 'like or 'l'or trimming and tilingthe nails, the locking, pin It) is withdrawn to permit the sword to be taken out and the locltii'ig pin can he replaced in either the scahliard or sword so as not to he lost. To take out the sword, it is unnecessary to 'unpin the scahbard from the garinent.

llavin; thus descriht'wd 1 claim isz-- 1. A brooch coin )rising a sheath having an aperture in its Wall and. an ornamental projection arranged o iposite the aperture, a sword consisting o' a blade and a handle, said hlade having a transversely extending aperture adapted to register with the aperture of the sheath, said blade forming a cutter and a nail iile, and. a locking pin having a shank portion extending through the aperture of the sheath and into the aperture of side the sheath to form an ornament eorre spondine; to the projection and serving as a grip for facilitating the removal and insertion of the pin.

2. A brooelr com )risinga hollow sheath open at. one end and having an aperture adjacent-the open end. and at the top side of the sheath and. provided with an ornamental projection dependim, from the bottom side of the sheath at a point opposite from the aperl turo, a member extenting into the sheath and provided with transvcrsely-exteiuling 1 opening adapted to register with the aperthe invention, what.

the sword and having a head disposed out' ture of the sheath, a locking pin having a I the sheath for securing the brooch in posishank portion proportioned to fit in the apertion. 10 ture of the sheath and opening of the mem I In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature her and having its upper end formed into a in presence of two Witnesses.

5 head disposed outside the sheath at a' point CARLOS N. BRUZAUD.

opposite from the said projection and serving Witnesses: as a grip for facilitating the removal and in- LEWIS B. GILLEO, sertion of the pin, and means on the back of LANNING G. ROAKE. 

